MARIONETTE Announce Europe And UK Tour With DEAD BY APRIL, New Drummer And Teaser Track Revealed

Gothenburg Sweden based metal sextet MARIONETTE has announced that it will hit the road with DEAD BY APRIL on “The SlaughTour 2011”.The trek, which will see both bands premier new material from their respective autumn releases, marks the first time the two pair up for shows in Europe and the UK.

“The SlaughTour 2011” (Featuring DEAD BY APRIL With Special Guests MARIONETTE)

Oct. 28 – The Rock, Copenhagen, Denmark

Oct. 29 – Kelder, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Oct. 30 – Bolwerk, Sneek, Netherlands

Nov 3 – 3Raum, Vienna, Austria

Nov 5 – Underground, Cologne, Germany

Nov 6 – Le Divan Du Monde, Paris, France

Nov 8 – Joiners, Southampton, UK

Nov 9 – The Institute, Birmingham, UK

Nov 10 – The Garage, London, UK

Nov 11 – ABC 2, Glasgow, UK

Nov 12 – Academy 2, Newcastle, UK

Nov 13 – Academy 4, Manchester UK

“The SlaughTour 2011” will also be the first tour for new MARIONETTE drummer Jimmie Olausson who will make his live debut with the band on May 27th at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg.

Earlier this year MARIONETTE completed work on its yet-to-be-titled third album, which was recorded at Studio Fredman with producer Fredrik Nordström (IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, AT THE GATES), mixed by DEAD BY APRIL songwriter Pontus Hjelm at Studio PH in Gothenburg, and mastered by Erik Broheden (RAMMSTEIN, TURBONEGRO, WITHINTEMPTATION) at Masters of Audio Studio in Stockholm Sweden.The album features the bands most diverse, “dynamic”, “mature,” and intense material recorded to date according to guitarist and backing vocalist Aron Parmerud.

A clip of the opening track from the album can be heard in the video below beginning at the 2:40 mark: